By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM BANGLADESH — Well aware he was disappointing some people by not using the word “Rohingya” publicly in Myanmar, Pope Francis said his chief concern had been to get a point across, and he did. “If I would have used the word, the door would […]
Chinese officials pay poor to swap religious images for portraits of Xi
By Catholic News Service HONG KONG — Officials in China’s eastern Jiangxi province have replaced religious images displayed by Christian families with portraits of the country’s leader, Xi Jinping. Ucanews.com reported that, on Nov. 12, pictures were uploaded to the popular social messaging service WeChat account of Huangjinbu town government, showing officials removing images of […]
Pope meets generals after brief welcome by children in Myanmar
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service YANGON, Myanmar — Greeted by two dozen children wearing traditional attire and by the nation’s bishops, Pope Francis arrived in Myanmar Nov. 27 for a four-day visit. The arrival ceremony at the Yangon airport was brief and led by an envoy of the president, because the formal welcome was […]
‘Invest in love,’ pope says on first World Day of the Poor
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — People have a basic choice in the way they live: either striving to build up treasures on earth or giving to others in order to gain heaven, Pope Francis said. “What we invest in love remains, the rest vanishes,” the pope said in his homily Nov. […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Advent is a time to start anew
There’s no better time than Advent for putting our house in order. The house of which we speak is our disposition that is being bombarded by a topsy-turvy world threatening the beauty of the season. Years ago, the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World identified the threats to society […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Father Peyton on way to sainthood?
QUESTION CORNER Q: A friend told me recently that the cause of Father Patrick Peyton had been sent to the Vatican for sainthood. Do you know how it stands and when he might be declared a saint? (I hope and pray that it will be in my lifetime.) Also, what are the stages for someone […]
Richard Doerflinger: What is sex for?
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY It began with reports that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, over many years, used his power over aspiring actresses’ careers to sexually harass and exploit them. The allegations soon extended to other prominent men in the entertainment industry, then to candidates and elected officials of both major parties. Now each day seems […]
Pope Francis continues papal pleas for disarmament
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — More than two years before the first atomic bomb was dropped, Pope Pius XII warned of the “catastrophic” consequences that could come from using the discovery of nuclear fission to create weapons. Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in February 1943, Pope Pius noted that scientists […]
Detroit excited over beatification of Father Casey
By Mike Stechschulte Catholic News Service DETROIT — For decades during the Great Depression and afterward, Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey was the “go-to” guy for those who were sick, poor, afflicted or discouraged in their faith. Standing at the doors of St. Bonaventure Monastery on Detroit’s east side, the holy friar would welcome dozens […]
Joseph Kelly: A brief history of Thanksgiving
COMMENTARY Contrary to popular opinion, the first Thanksgiving was not observed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. The “Pilgrims” — a later title given to the settlers — were Puritans who no longer wished to live in England due to religious persecution and for economic reasons. They believed the Church of England was too closely aligned […]
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